Real holds breath on Ronaldo

Portuguese star limps off pitch after hat-trick in 7-0 drubbing of Malaga

MADRID - Real Madrid may be without joint La Liga top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo for Sunday's trip to Racing Santander after the Portuguese forward was forced off by a muscle problem in Thursday's 7-0 drubbing of Malaga.

Ronaldo ended a four-match goal drought with a hat-trick at the Bernabeu but had to leave the pitch with just more than 10 minutes remaining, reducing Real to 10 men as it had used all three of its substitutes.